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Bertillon system

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Bertillon system
n.
A system formerly used for identifying persons by means of a detailed record of body measurements, physical description, and photographs. The Bertillon system was superseded by the more accurate procedure of fingerprinting.
[After Alphonse Bertillon.]
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Noun1.Bertillon system - a system or procedure for identifying persons
procedure, process - a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; "the procedure of obtaining a driver's license"; "it was a process of trial and error"
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